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Premiership Women's Rugby
/ 4 years ago‘I’m very passionate, I don’t like watching’
Claudia MacDonald tells Ben Jaycock how she’s desperate to regain her fitness and return to action Claudia MacDonald thought she just...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoCrowley set to enjoy Italy’s ‘Blue summer’
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points After that brilliant last-minute win over Wales in...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoKruis kick takes me right back to Ringo
RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER IT wasn’t just that giant former England lock George Kruis had the effrontery to kick a backheeled...
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Features
/ 4 years ago‘I wish Conor had been in charge when I was at Quins’
MY LIFE IN RUGBY - LUKE SHERRIFF THE FORMER HARLEQUINS AND NOTTINGHAM FLANKER AND ENGLAND 7S INTERNATIONAL So, maybe the first...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAu Revoir, Arrivederci, Hywl Fawr, Goodbye…
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW At close of business on Friday, 40 Test players boasting a collective stack...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe Cardiff cavalier who failed to make the Exiles laugh
AS footballing cavaliers go, Mark Ring of Cardiff and Wales belonged to the Premier League long before anyone had heard of...
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Features
/ 4 years agoMystery still over Amanda Blanc affair
THE Amanda Blanc Affair will remain unresolved until the Welsh Rugby Union get round to answer questions raised by her abrupt...
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Features
/ 4 years agoPumas finally end their long wait for silverware
CURRIE CUP PUMAS fans were crying tears of joy at the fulltime whistle as their long wait for their first major...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoPMs, chefs, and a whole lot of history in between
We kick off our new Club of the Week series with Streatham and Croydon who have been celebrating their 150th anniversary...
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Features
/ 4 years agoOld Boys are a proper club, I have so much to be thankful for, says Probyn
AMONGST the most illustrious Streatham and Croydon Old Boys is none other than England prop and Rugby Paper columnist Jeff Probyn...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDeans: Drua can be major force in the future
NEWS EXTRA ■By BEN JAYCOCK FORMER Crusaders head coach Robbie Deans reckpons newcomers Fijian Drua are the best start-up in Super...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEngland are class above at Budapest Sevens
ENGLAND women made it two tournament wins from two in Budapest last weekend as they followed their Zagreb triumph with another...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDavies in the dock
SARACENS' Wales scrumhalf Aled Davies is facing a ban after admitting a charge of dangerous tackling in Saturday's Premiership final loss...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTop pair clash on opening weekend
■By BEN JAYCOCK Champions: Ealing Trailfinders celebrate winning the league last season PICTURE: PRiME Media Images THE top two in last...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoHull ace Humberstone bows out as a winner
■By BEN JAYCOCK Hot shot: Simon Humberstone kicks a penalty for Hull Inset, winning the league title Having played the sport...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMcCarthy ‘really happy I told my team-mates I was gay’
LEINSTER scrum-half Nick McCarthy revealed he had considered quitting the sport as he did not think he could come out as...
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Latest News
/ 4 years ago‘Turnover king’ Will looking for a new challenge
FRUSTARTED by a lack of gametime at Cardiff, turnover specialist Will Boyde decided to leave the club and become a free...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThousands gather to say farewell to Benny
Peter Jackson at Parc y Scarlets for Phil Bennett’s memorial service The 440-mile drive there and back took him all of...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 4 years agoA rugby tale: From the sublime to the ridiculous
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Well, what an end to the season with two games of stark...
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Features
/ 4 years agoFrench penchant for ill discipline strikes again
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAll eyes on Mercer as he rules in Paris
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN There’s no doubt the better side won Friday’s Top 14 final. Montpellier’s 29-10 win over Castres at...
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Features
/ 4 years agoNew York crowned champions of America
RUGBY United New York won their first ever Major League Rugby title as they beat the Seattle Seawolves 30-15 at the...
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English Championship
/ 4 years agoBest leaving Knights in search of a new home
■By BEN JAYCOCK In the hope of setting himself up for life after rugby, Mark Best has decided to find a...
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Features
/ 4 years agoBiljon excited by strong Jersey squad
HARVEY Biljon believes his Jersey squad for next season is one of the best he has assembled. The Reds finished fourth...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoJoy for Burns as Tigers grab title
By GARY FITZGERALD FREDDIE Burns revealed he had “an outer-body experience” of ecstasy and joy after nailing the drop-goal which made...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHill eager to seize the day for England
By GARY FITZGERALD JONNY Hill’s “dark nights” are behind him and now he aims to make up for lost time and...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBoks will show Wales no mercy says Wiese
By PETER JACKSON A GIGANTIC old South African foe is warning Wales that the Springboks will show no mercy during next...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBurns out to claim a Tigers shirt of his own
By PAUL REES FREDDIE Burns, who kicked Leicester to victory in yesterday’s Premiership final with a last-gasp drop-goal, has been a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoThree teams to be promoted from National Two
By JON NEWCOMBE RFU COUNCIL voted through proposals for automatic one up, three down promotion and relegation from National League One...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRed Roses ace Muir departs Wasps for Prem rivals
ENGLAND prop Maud Muir has joined Gloucester-Hartpury from Premier XVs rivals Wasps. Muir, 20, began playing rugby in Oxford and made...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoQuins will not dispense with expansive way says Matson
By GARY FITZGERALD TABAI Matson vows Harlequins will not be ditching their swashbuckling style for a more resolute and conservative one...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSaddened Nick is singing the Blues
By STEFFAN THOMAS Glory days: Cardiff celebrate winning the European Challenge Cup in 2018 PICTURES: Getty Images FORMER Cardiff No.8 Nick...
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/ 4 years agoPremiership pair ruled out of Scotland tour
ADAM Hastings and Huw Jones will miss Scotland’s summer tour to South America because of injury. Gloucester fly-half Hastings has withdrawn...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCoaching is not for me, says Swinson
By GARY FITZGERALD TIM Swinson has opted not to take up the coaching route because he does not enjoy “the negativity...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoRemember, football has ‘fan’ issues too
SEND YOUR COMMENTS TO: The Rugby Paper, Tuition House, St Georges Road, Wimbledon SW19 4EU email: newsdesk@therugbypaper.co.uk I READ with interest...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoDiminishing value of tightheads is telling
FLY-HALVES have long been the ‘stars’ of the team so it’s not surprising they are top earners in the Premiership –...
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Letters
/ 4 years agoShocked by Jamie’s dig at McGuigan
I’VE never known such a spiteful proclamation from an England forward. Jamie George should hang his head for decrying the try...
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Features
/ 4 years agoAll-South African final is a turn-off for Celtic fans
COLIN BOAG When the PRO14 organisers, desperately trying to breathe some life into things, decided to change its name to the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDREAM TEAM
NIALL ANNETT, THE NEW BATH SIGNING & FORMER ULSTER AND WORCESTER HOOKER, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFrench Baa-Baas perfect warm-up for Wallabies
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK PICKING an England side to play the Barbarians is never an easy business. This...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBurns keeps his cool to put Tigers back on top
By NICK CAIN Leicester ..........15pts Tries: Liebenberg 15, Wiese 35 Conversions: Burns 28 Drop-goals: Burns 80 Saracens ..........12pts Penalties: Farrell 5,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoBurns has final word in tale of two celebrations
BRENDAN GALLAGHER THERE was almost too much to absorb in one gulp at Twickenham on Sunday but ultimately it was about...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoSaracens left clinging to the wreckage as the game drifted away
PAUL REES VERDICT Pressure: Richard Wigglesworth charges down Owen Farrell’s clearance to set up the second try Owen Farrell reflected last...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoRichards a wanted man in Glasgow
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Talks: Dean Richards DEAN Richards has emerged as the front runner...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoChiefs pair fit for new season
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER EXETER are confident that Henry Slade and Sam Simmonds will be fit for the start...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoBurns set for an offer to finish his career in Japan
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler FREDDIE Burns, who has one more year left to run on...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoMercer staying in France for final year
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Zach Mercer has pledged to see out the final year of...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoJones may opt for Paris move instead
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler HUW Jones’ second spell with Glasgow could end without him playing...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoCipriani’s Dallas deal in jeopardy
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler A CLUB from the Japanese Top League could be about to...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCardiff Met help put Rigg on his way to Coventry
By BEN JAYCOCK Explosive: Will Rigg playing for Cardiff Met COMING straight out of university, Will Rigg has earned a Championship...
